The National Institutes of Health announced today that the National Children's Study will
recruiting genes environment track the health and development of more than 100,000 children from before birth through to their 21st birthday. begin
study of how
volunteers to take part in its comprehensive
and
the
interact to affect children's health. The
study will
At a briefing, NIH officials announced that the first phase of recruitment for the study will begin in
New York City borough of Queens. Duplin County, N.C., and the
"The principal benefit of a large scale, long-term study like the National Children's Study is that it will uncover important health information at virtually every phase of
Duane Alexander, Eunice Kennedy Shriver life," said
M.D., Director of
NIH's
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), one of a consortium of federal agencies implementing the study.
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